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the last volume of which we have not yet been able to | the last volume of which we have not yet been able to | ||
obtain through it is nearly three weeks since we read the | obtain through it is nearly three weeks since we read the | ||
first. | first. Eliab has bought him a whitish fur hat and | ||
would be a pretty good boy only he plays back gammon | would be a pretty good boy only he plays back gammon | ||
too much, I have bought a new whole bonnet | too much, I have bought a new whole bonnet | ||
Miss | Miss Wittredege made it. | ||
Sabbath P.M it has snowed a little all day walking | Sabbath P.M it has snowed a little all day walking | ||
muddy I went to the hall this forenoon heard a student | muddy I went to the hall this forenoon heard a student | ||
Crosby Wheeler a friend and favorite of | Crosby Wheeler a friend and favorite of Isaac's: his | ||
sermon was truly a find production from the tenet Mark | sermon was truly a find production from the tenet Mark | ||
the | the perfect man Or: 'A perfect man in this sense not from sin - | ||
Job was said by God to be perfect in his way | Job was said by God to be perfect in his way | ||
yet he says 'Behold I am vile' - but one in whom the | yet he says 'Behold I am vile' - but one in whom the | ||
outward and inward fruits of religion are | outward and inward fruits of religion are harmoniously | ||
developed. Earth part too requires its full and due development: | developed. Earth part too requires its full and due development: | ||
each grace to be active and daily cultivated | each grace to be active and daily cultivated | ||
- not lest some sunny place in the heart where the | - not lest some sunny place in the heart where the | ||
virtues spring up without culture but guard the | virtues spring up without culture but guard the bounties | ||
which we are most likely to fail spending great | |||
care on those | care on those Christian graces to which we are naturally | ||
least disposed. - A missing grace is a character | |||
leaves not a blank, but a blemish; looking all the worse | leaves not a blank, but a blemish; looking all the worse | ||
for the surrounding loneliness as the | for the surrounding loneliness as the more splendid the | ||
picture the more marred by a blemish, however small. |
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read that prevents. We have had several books from the library. 'Wilson's and Macauley's Essays.' volumes two of Scotts Novels. Wide Wide World from the page- the last volume of which we have not yet been able to obtain through it is nearly three weeks since we read the first. Eliab has bought him a whitish fur hat and would be a pretty good boy only he plays back gammon too much, I have bought a new whole bonnet Miss Wittredege made it. Sabbath P.M it has snowed a little all day walking muddy I went to the hall this forenoon heard a student Crosby Wheeler a friend and favorite of Isaac's: his sermon was truly a find production from the tenet Mark the perfect man Or: 'A perfect man in this sense not from sin - Job was said by God to be perfect in his way yet he says 'Behold I am vile' - but one in whom the outward and inward fruits of religion are harmoniously developed. Earth part too requires its full and due development: each grace to be active and daily cultivated - not lest some sunny place in the heart where the virtues spring up without culture but guard the bounties which we are most likely to fail spending great care on those Christian graces to which we are naturally least disposed. - A missing grace is a character leaves not a blank, but a blemish; looking all the worse for the surrounding loneliness as the more splendid the picture the more marred by a blemish, however small.